Improvement in folding bedsteads



S BENDER Folding-Bedstead. .,N,0.2.O6,765.'

Patented Aug. 6. 1878*..

ERS PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

SAMUEL BENDER, OF BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT-TOSIDNEY SCRAVVNER.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,765, dated AugustG, 1878; application filed April 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL BENDER, ofBuchanan, in the county of Berrien and State of Michi gan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Folding Bedsteads 5 and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bedstead of that class towhich my improvement is applied 5 and Fig. 2 is a similar detail View,on an enlarged scale, looking at the bed-rail at an angle exposing itsbottom.

Similar vletters of reference denote corresponding parts in both thefigures.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of abedstead, the' object of which is to enable it to be folded up into thesmallest possible compass.

The construction is as follows, referring' to the drawings, in which- AA are the ends or head and foot pieces of the bedstead. a a are smallbrackets or fixtures, forming part of the side pieces and projectingfrom diagonally-opposite corners of the end pieces, A A.

B B are the side pieces. Each of these consists of two pieces, b b, ofequal length, hinged together, as shown, and hinged at the ends to thecorner of one of the end pieces and to the bracket a of the other. Thehinges, it will be observed, are so arranged as to permit the sidepieces to fold together and toward each other, the brackets a a servingto preserve symmetry when the bed is folded, as shown in Fig. 2. @Ehehinges may all be of any suitable construction. The pivot-pins c ofthecentral hinges pr'oject a short distance below the side pieces, andthrough slots or recesses e c in plates d d, secured to the under sideof the side pieces. The plates al d thus form hooks, which catch fromopposite sides around thc pins c, thus sustaining and relieving aconsiderable portion ofthe strain upon the side pieces and hinges.

The slats C C iit, in the usual manner, in mortises or recesses fj' inthe side pieces. For convenience, the slats are connected byconnecting-pieces D D, in two sections, G G. which are easily put inposition in the bed when this is unfolded.

From the foregoing description, and by reference to the drawings heretoannexed, the advantages of my invention will be readily perceived. Inparlors, oices, and other places where it is necessary to have a bed, itis often desirable that this, during the day, should occupy as littlespace as possible. My improved bedstead, it will be seen, folds up in sosmall a compass as to be easily pushed out of the way. It is durable,simple, and may be manufactured at a small cost.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- In combination witlnthe hingedsections of a folding bedstead, the inwardly-projecting ilanges orsupports d d, hooked around the lower ends ofthe hinge-pintles, andsupporting in a measure the sides of the bedstead and relieving thehinges of strain, substantially as shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed mysi gnature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL BENDER.

Witnesses:

LEVI SPARKS, NICHOLAS ARNEY.

